Farage

[carmanmemoranda]

It's not the story, you think it is so it's an impasse.

Oh

But the Coutts episode reveals the enduring hold that Mr Farage has over the Tories, and their fear that he could still cause electoral mischief by reclaiming the allegiance of Brexit supporters. He was done a disservice; the wrong has been righted. But Mr Farage will not move on when there is limelight still to hog and a Conservative party too craven to shine it elsewhere.


Still nothing to support your baseless claim I note

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Does he still bank at coutts ?

 

[gant]

Oh

But the Coutts episode reveals the enduring hold that Mr Farage has over the Tories, and their fear that he could still cause electoral mischief by reclaiming the allegiance of Brexit supporters. He was done a disservice; the wrong has been righted. But Mr Farage will not move on when there is limelight still to hog and a Conservative party too craven to shine it elsewhere.


Still nothing to support your baseless claim I note

I'm sure he can create mischief that is quite obvious and shows it's quite remarkable how they've put him in the limelight in such a way. If they'd have closed his commercial account due to not meeting the conditions, then they could perhaps have got away with that, bearing in mind he's got a platform on GB news to get across his story.
The rod that broke the camel's back and has led to this blowing up in the face of the bank is they didn't close his account because he didn't meet the criteria of Coutts commercial accounts but because they didn't like his politics. The 40 page report on him and it's derogatory nature confirms this.

 

[blup]

E.g. “obviously I can’t disclose his bank balance, but suffice it to say..he no longer meets the commercial criteria to bank with us”. That is a breach.

Said in response to farage going public that he had been exited because he was a pep. The report’s reasoning was far wider than that, so reasonable and in pubic interest to counter that.

Blup

 

[gant]

Does he still bank at coutts ?

Irrelevant, id be surprised after such a sh*t storm.
Why you ask such a question is a little strange that you can't see that but then I can only presume your on commission for click bait for some of the things you put forward as commentary.

 

[blup]

they were still dying from their wounds.

Politically inflicted by garages mates in the Tory party ( they still owe him for 2019)

Blup

 

[Brigadier]

because they didn't like his politics.

My bet is that they couldn't give a rat's arris about his politics.
But they do give one about his trumpeting of it / them.
"Attention whores need not apply".

Russian Oligarchs, yes please. African dictators, yes please. International drug barons, yes please.

If you can't name any, this reinforces my point.

 

[Mottie]

If you can't name any, this reinforces my point.

Take your pick.

Mafia bosses, dictators and Russian oligarchs: the questionable Coutts clients

The private bank, which closed Nigel Farage’s account, has had links to numerous controversial figures

www.telegraph.co.uk

Coutts and Barclays face $740m Russian laundering claim

Coutts, HSBC and Barclays are among the UK banks believed to have processed almost $740 million (£598 million) on behalf of Russian money launderers

citywire.com

 

[Brigadier]

Take your pick.

Mafia bosses, dictators and Russian oligarchs: the questionable Coutts clients

The private bank, which closed Nigel Farage’s account, has had links to numerous controversial figures

www.telegraph.co.uk

Coutts and Barclays face $740m Russian laundering claim

Coutts, HSBC and Barclays are among the UK banks believed to have processed almost $740 million (£598 million) on behalf of Russian money launderers

citywire.com

Thanks but the only name I can see is Pinochet (whose demise predates even your Obits thread).

I'm not doubting you, just making the point that there is a world of difference between "It's full of wrong 'uns!", and actual names in the public domain.



Also, it is possible that Coutts have offloaded those rogues; but you just didn't hear about it.

 

[motorbiking]

Said in response to farage going public that he had been exited because he was a pep. The report’s reasoning was far wider than that, so reasonable and in pubic interest to counter that.

Blup

ahh but clearly that isn't what was said to Simon Jack, otherwise he would not have made an apology.

A senior BBC journalist has apologised to Nigel Farage over how he and the broadcaster reported the closure of his Coutts bank account, admitting the coverage was inaccurate.

The BBC's business editor Simon Jack made the apology after a published story suggested Mr Farage had his account shut down for failing to meet the private bank's wealth threshold.

Mr Farage later acquired dossiers, not seen by ITV News, that appeared to support claims his account was closed because his political views did 'not align' with Coutts.

The BBC has also issued an apology to Mr Farage, confirming that the original copy has since been updated.

The corporation added: "We acknowledge that the information we reported - that Coutts' decision on Mr Farage's account did not involve considerations about his political views - turned out not to be accurate and have apologised to Mr Farage."

So there we have it.

Data breach and defamation. That is enough for a claim, right there. Someone who was trusted with your confidential information, leaked it to the press and misled them in the process. Sufficiently so that they felt they [the beeb] needed to apologise for the damage that their article might have caused.

The content of the report, was published to prove the senior source had misled the BBC. Whether it is defamatory in content, is probably in the mix.. I think it probably is. There are clear accusations of bad character that cannot be substantiated, it was not presented as opinion, but independent background/research to inform the committee. He was clearly de-banked on the back of it. Even if he no longer met the commercial criteria all by himself (i.e. without the "assistance" of being declined a mortgage renewal). A simple discovery request of "tell me how many clients you retain who no longer meet the commercial criteria", of which I suspect there are many, would also drive doubt that it was entirely commercial criteria.

@Brigadier - what about Rees-Mogg, he apparently banks at C&C?

 

[motorbiking]

Oh

But the Coutts episode reveals the enduring hold that Mr Farage has over the Tories, and their fear that he could still cause electoral mischief by reclaiming the allegiance of Brexit supporters. He was done a disservice; the wrong has been righted. But Mr Farage will not move on when there is limelight still to hog and a Conservative party too craven to shine it elsewhere.


Still nothing to support your baseless claim I note

If wrongs could be righted, via an apology, I'd have had to choose a different line of work.

 

[JohnD]

Let me check. What was the confidential data that the bank disclosed, that had not previously been publicised by Farage?

What damage did the bank do to him?

Come on then, @motorbiking

 

[Brigadier]

@Brigadier - what about Rees-Mogg, he apparently banks at C&C?

What about him?
Apart from NF, I don't know where anyone banks, or banked.

 

[JohnD]

It's you who keeps wittering on about Farages commercial account not having enough funds for Coutts.
It's quite obvious from the facts in the public domain that this wasn't issue in his account being closed.

Let me check your assertion:

1) Did he keep his account while he met the threshold?

2) Was his account closed after he failed to meet it?

3) Did he keep his account all the time he was a Brexit campaigner?

4) All the time he kept his account, was he a tiresome, self-publicising loudmouth, just like he is today?

So what was the change that triggered the closure letter?

 

[transam]

Well another coots exec has had to resign Over the caper